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Brigham Young University

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1965

Japanese lantern

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The Pair Of Japanese Bronze Lanterns At Brigham Young University, Schuyler Cammann Oct 1965

The Pair Of Japanese Bronze Lanterns At Brigham Young University, Schuyler Cammann

BYU Studies Quarterly

Two bronze Japanese lanterns, or kane doro, acquired by Brigham Young University date to 1716 and originally were placed in a courtyard of a mausoleum of a member of a noble family in Japan. The author describes the lanterns and their symbolic meaning.